CleanBC Industry Fund opens applications for round three of funding
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Meet BC Tech’s first Innovators Hall of Fame inductees

Honourees include leaders from BC Tech Association, CIBC, D-Wave. In partnership with the Government of British Columbia, tech industry association BC Tech has…

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Raine Maida and Senator Deacon discuss Big Tech’s control over digital creators (and the news)

Big Tech controls the discovery and distribution of Canadian content. What’s a democracy to do? There are several bills making their way through Parliament…

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Dapper Labs, Hootsuite, VodaSafe among winners of BC Tech’s 2022 Technology Impact Awards
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Dapper Labs, Hootsuite, VodaSafe among winners of BC Tech’s 2022 Technology Impact Awards

A record-setting 48 finalists and 12 winners were announced at the TIAs. Dapper Labs, Hootsuite, and VodaSafe were among the award winners of the…

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TikTok presentation shows Big Tech’s influence on Bill C-11 debate

Is the Bill C-11 clamouring a “grassroots lobbying effort” or Big Tech machinations against regulation? In early February, TikTok Canada and a new advocacy…

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Larger rounds, US dollars fuelled Canadian tech’s record-shattering 2021
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Larger rounds, US dollars fuelled Canadian tech’s record-shattering 2021

US investment firms outnumbered Canadian investment firms in Series A, B, C deals. Canada has become fertile ground for venture capital investment in the…

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